Activist from Bohemia returns home after being freed from Israeli prison

Eric Lein reunited with his mother, Helen, Wednesday night.

Tara Rincon

Oct 9, 2025, 9:27 AM

Updated 2 hr ago

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A Bohemia man is back home after he was captured aboard a flotilla to Gaza.
Eric Lein reunited with his mother, Helen, Wednesday night.
The 39-year-old was one of hundreds of activists intercepted by the Israeli navy last week.
They were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
Lein's mother tells News 12 other Americans were also released and flew back to the U.S. with her son.